Man, talk about the power of suggestion. When I'm rereading old chapters and it mentions Boyd making himself a cup of jasmine tea, most of the time I get this sudden urge to go make some myself. Then I can sit there drinking jasmine tea while editing/reading/writing the story.
Incidentally, I like jasmine tea the most with Silk soy milk in it, the original kind (not vanilla or any other flavor). I steep the jasmine tea for very little time-- about 30 seconds because otherwise it tastes bitter to me -- and then fill the mug mostly with tea but leave about an inch or two for the soy milk. It's also best not to have the water boiling before pouring it over the leaves. I use loose jasmine leaves that I get at a local Asian grocery store.
And that, my friends, is probably more than you ever cared to know about my jasmine tea preparations. ;P
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lol, I understand your love/analness of/with tea. Tea happens to be one of my favorite things (jasmine especially).
My friend and I had a sort of ritual where we'd always drink a cup of jasmine tea together any time we saw one another. We'd commonly get together just to drink tea (we both love the stuff) we'd drink all kinds too, not just jasmine, but we'd always have a cup of jasmine. Even if we didn't get together just to drink tea, we'd have a cup of jasmine sometime during the visit.
We did it so often that our friends started making fun of us (mostly because they were left out. the tea was damn expensive and we didn't think they'd appreciate it like we did anyway)
The tea was always loose, and we got it from teavana, which is a store in the big mall here that sells only tea. It was like 22 dollars for 2 oz of it or something crazy. (which is why we usually only had one cup each)
It's unfortunate though, she moved away about a year ago. I can't really drink jasmine tea anymore without missing her. Even so, I found it very amusing that Boyd likes the tea too.
P.S. It's a good idea to use less-than-boiling water when making any kind of green tea, so you're doing it right.
Damnit, I had a long response and it got lost. Well... anyway, that's awesome that you had a ritual like that with your friend! Although it's sad that it makes you think of her now that she moved away.
Holy crap, that must have been some damn good jasmine tea you got at teavana, lol.
When I drink jasmine tea with soy milk I think of my former roommate who introduced me to the combo in the first place.
Damn. All this talk is making me thirsty for more...
It sounds weird drinking any chinese tea with milk! its the first i'v heard of it... i wonder if its a common thing.
lol I don't know if it is common or not, j. My friend was the only one I knew who drank milk with jasmine tea and they don't typically give milk at restaurants to put in the tea. I think we're just weird XD
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